German Meaning of ecballium

Eselsgurke

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Definitions and Meaning of ecballium in English

Wordnet

ecballium (n)

exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber

Webster

ecballium (n.)

A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.

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Eselsgurke

exploding cucumber; squirting cucumberA genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its frui

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ecaudate => schwanzlos, ecarte => écarté, ecardines => Löwenzahn, ec => ec, ebv => Epstein-Barr-Virus,